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Thursday, May 14, 2026

Helen Lewis, The Atlantic: Douglas Wilson has a modest proposal to improve American life: He wants to repeal the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the vote. In his ideal system, “we would do it in our politics the same way we do it in our church structure,” he told me recently.

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Wilson believes that women should "not ordinarily" hold political office, and should never serve in combat roles in the military. Husbands should have dominion over misbehaving wives' weight, spending habits, and choice of television programs. His uncompromising vision for America was once considered marginal, the conservative writer Karen Swallow Prior told me. Since his elevation by [Pete] Hegseth, however, "no one can credibly say that Doug Wilson is fringe anymore."

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Having just undermined the Voting Rights Act for blacks, it's no surprise that Republicans now want to quash Women's Rights, too.

Make America the 1800's Again!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-14 12:02 PM | Reply

A long-term goal, the repeal of the 19th Amendment. In the short term, this blockhead can help repeal the laws of thermodynamics--a task with which he will have more success. Wilson and those in agreement with his thought process must find themselves angry and scared all the live-long day, with all those uppity women folk about...

#2 | Posted by catdog at 2026-05-14 12:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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